Category: adventures

24 hours in NYC

For the first stop on the Rhinebeck 2013 tour, Dale and I flew to NYC and stayed in Brooklyn for a night – just enough time to see a few sights and eat a few delicious meals before catching the train upstate! We stayed at Hotel Indigo, which was lovely (it had hard flooring instead of carpet!). Here’s a few snaps!

Travel knitting – a simple shawl out of gorgeous Fyberspates cashmere/silk.

Bucatini all’Amatriciana at Eataly.

A few shots from the 86th floor observatory of the Empire State Building – it was quite crowded!

Palmer’s in Brooklyn, where we had a fantastic breakfast.

Shake Shack!

Staying in downtown Brooklyn was different and nice. There’s always so much to see in NYC and so little time. More to come on the main event!

October 22, 2013
Finished: Chevron Quilt

The Chevron Quilt is done and loved!

The half square triangles started out as 10″ squares, which I sewed in pairs. Both fabrics for the top were from KickAss County Store, the backing is an Ikea duvet cover piece, and the binding is Painters Canvas by Laura Gunn. I learned a ton by making this quilt, which is pretty much just my second one!

I hand pieced and hand quilted the whole thing, which I’m quite proud of. The points don’t perfectly match, there are some creases in the backing, and there were a few spots in the binding that needed attention after washing, but overall I’m very happy with it! It’s been on the bed for awhile already. I didn’t grow up with quilts, mostly comforters and duvets, so the feel of a quilt is a revelation. It’s light yet warm, thin but nicely dense and weighty. I love it.

We were on vacation this past week, and took a little road trip up to St Jacobs. The weather was lovely, and I ended up with a few souvenirs – this Comma jelly roll and Clover Hera marker from Reichard’s quilt shop, and some lovely String Theory sock yarn from Shall We Knit? in Waterloo. Thanks ladies!

August 19, 2013
Monday Photos

July 29, 2013